The man from uncle costume designer interview

Not only are A-line shapes, graphic prints, and mod accents trending on fall’s runways—thank you, Louis Vuitton, Carven, et al.—but they’re about khổng lồ take pop culture by storm, thanks to **Guy Ritchie’**s The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

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Set in the 1960s lượt thích the TV show on which it’s based, the spy thriller arriving in theaters today finds stars Henry Cavill, Armie Hammer, Alicia Vikander, and Elizabeth Debicki dressed lớn kill in retro-styled costumes by Joanmãng cầu Johnston.

“It’s not often you get something like this with such a nice platsize, where you can push và pull the clothes & lift them for the story and stylize them so much,” says Johnston, whose other films include Lincoln, Love sầu Actually, và Indiana Jones và the Last Crusade. “ gave me a very nice brief, which was he wanted it to look cool, good for today, & sexy.”

To produce such a transformative sầu và fashionable world, Johnston reached far and wide for inspiration. The most stimulating proved khổng lồ be xeotocaocap.com issues from the years 1966 to lớn 1968; movies from that era (**Jean-Paul Belmondo’**s hat in Breathless served as the inspiration for Hammer’s go-to lớn cap on-screen); & the sixties stylings of Marisa Berenson & Veruschka, both of which were used as references for the wardrobe of Debicki’s posh villainess. “I didn’t really look at the TV show, but I did talk to people because, particularly in England, everybody over 40 remembers The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

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,” says Johnston. The biggest sartorial carryover from the show khổng lồ the film is the turtlenecks worn by Soviet spy Illya Kuryakin, then played by David McCallum, now by Hammer.

After watching the action và espionage play out on-screen, don’t be surprised if you leave sầu the theater with a hankering for a minidress or some square-toed heels. The good news is that the characters’ looks are culled together to lớn include many contemporary pieces, making a get-the-look-type fall shopping spree something we’d bet many fans will embark on. Victoria, played by Debicki, almost exclusively wears Roger Vivier’s iconic pumps, the likes of which you can find in stores today, while Vikander’s Gaby sports Marni earrings, a Delvaux purse, và Thierry Lasry sunglasses. It just happens to lớn be an added bonus that Vikander is also the star of Louis Vuitton’s modish fall ads: See her on-screen in an A-line dress, follow her to an LV store, and buy an A-line mini. Fashion film synergy at its best. “She’s already on her trajectory of ,” offers Johnston.

Considering that one of the film’s stars is a fashion ibé on the rise và that mod is one of the moods of the season, it would seem like the fashion world would’ve been a jumping-off point for the costumes, as well. Au contraire. “I looked at a little bit of it, but I didn’t want to lớn be driven by runway,” notes Johnston. “I wanted to lớn go the other way around, so I started in the loose sixties, & then used my interpretation to lớn see what would fall in well today, in contemporary fashion . . . I have a sort of consciousness, but I didn’t study it too heavily.” As for whether the film will influence fashion, you’ll have khổng lồ wait until the spring năm 2016 shows to lớn see exactly how that pans out.